'Shark' starter and scorer! Ferran Torres opened the scoring in Barça-PSG
Published New:1/10/2025 - 21:43h
Updated New:1/10/2025 - 21:45h
Barça took the lead against PSG in Matchday 2 of the Champions League thanks to a goal from Ferran Torres in the 19th minute. The 'Shark' returned to the starting XI and is now the team's top scorer with 5 goals
Ferran Torres continues to take advantage of every opportunity that Hansi Flick gives him in 2025/26. Against Paris Saint-Germain, the 'Shark' opened the scoring in the 19th minute, taking advantage of a remarkable assist from Marcus Rashford from the left.
The play began with a recovery by Lamine Yamal after a bad exit by Vitinha for the French. The '10' quickly passed the ball to Pedri González and he did the same, enabling 'Rashy'.
The Englishman, first-time, opened his left foot to enable Ferran, who appeared behind the rival center-backs to beat goalkeeper Chevalier with a low shot. There were doubts about the position of the Foiós player, who celebrated the goal without too much enthusiasm thinking about a possible offside. However, the semi-automatic VAR validated the goal in the 19th minute.
Ferran Torres responds again as a starter for Barça
Torres started in the first six matchdays of LaLiga, but rested last Sunday against Real Sociedad. Everything seemed to indicate that Robert Lewandowski, '9' of the team against the San Sebastian team and in the Champions League debut against Newcastle, would remain in the starting XI.
However, Flick once again trusted the 'Shark'. The 25-year-old forward, for the fifth time starting, responded to the coach by shaking the nets with what was his 49th goal in 167 official matches with Barça. In the Champions League, Ferran has 10 goals in 26 appearances in the tournament.
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In addition, the goal against PSG was the number 5 in 9 matches in 25/26, with which the Valencian temporarily assumes the lead in scoring alone for Barcelona this season. Lewandowski, with 4 goals, appears second, while Raphinha, out injured until mid-October, remains on the podium with 3 goals.
